National Community Titles Institue

Legislation

Following is a list of State Legislation applicable to community and strata title management in the NCTI Affiliate States:

New South Wales

Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ssda1973344/

Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ssda1986351/

Strata Schemes Legislation Amendment Act 2001: www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sslaa2001351/

Strata Schemes Management Act 1996:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ssma1996242/

Strata Schemes Management Amendment Act 2002:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ssmaa2002322/

Community Land Development Act 1989:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/clda1989292/

Community Land Management Act 1989:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/clma1989255/
(Licensing and trust account issues etc)

Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/psabaa2002385/

Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 1941:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/psabaa1941385/

The following Acts & Regulations can be access by ISTM members directly through the ISTM website at:
www.istm.org.au/displaycommon.cfm?an=1subarticlenbr=9

The general web address of NSW legislation is:
www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/maintop/scanact/inforce/NONE/0/

Strata Schemes Management Act 1996
Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2005
Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002
Property, Stock and Business Agents Regulation 2003
Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973
Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986

Queensland

The following Acts can be accessed by CTIQ members directly through the CTIQ web site. The general web address of Queensland legislation is:
www.legislation.qld.gov.au

Body Corporate and Community Management Act (Qld) 1997
Building Units and Group Titles Act (Qld) 1980
Community Ambulance Cover Act (Qld) 2003
Electronic Transactions Act (Qld) 2001
Fire and Rescue Services Act (Qld) 1990
Integrated Planning Act (Qld) 1997
Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act (Qld) 1997

South Australia

Community Titles Act 1996:
www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog/Legislation/Acts/C/COMMUNITTIT.htm

Strata Titles Act 1988:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sta1988173/

A useful explanatory note on the introduction of the Community Titles Act 1996 can be found at:
www.landservices.sa.gov.au

Victoria

The following Acts & Regulations can be accessed directly through the OCV website at:
http://www.ocv.org.au/bodycorplaw_governing.php

The general web address of Victorian legislation is:
www.legislation.vic.gov.au

Owners Corporations Act 2006
Owners Corporations Regulations 2007
Subdivision Act 1988
Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2000
Subdivision (Procedures) (Owners Corporations Amendment) Regulations 2007

Western Australia

Strata Titles Act 1985:
www.slp.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_938_homepage.html

Northern Territory

Agents Licensing Act:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/ala164/

Unit Titles Act:
www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/uta2001160/

Further Information

Further Acts can be found on the web site www.austlii.edu.au. Please note that the Austlii website endeavours to be up-to-date with current Government legislation, however additional sources of Government legislation should also be sourced to ensure the most up-to-date information.